A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me." "Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him." "There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us."
"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live."
"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us."
"Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."
At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.
The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don't like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren't as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there's someone who won't treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.
Tonight, before you tuck yourself in for the night, say a little prayer that God will give you the strength you need to accept people as they are, and to help us all be more understanding of those who are different from us!!!
Monday, February 18, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Little about Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani
Name: Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani
Status: Founder and Chairman of Reliance Group
Date of birth: December 28, 1932
Place of Birth: Chorwad village in Saurashtra, Gujarat
Father's name: Hirachand Govardhandas Ambani '
Mother's name: Jamunaben Hirachand Ambani
Marital Status: Married to Kokilaben. Four children -- sons Mukesh and Anil, daughters Dipti Salgaonkar, living in Goa, and Nina Kothari, living in Chennai.
Business Address: Maker Chambers IV, 222, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021
Names of major companies: Reliance Industries Ltd, Reliance Petroleum Ltd Directorships, Chairmanships: Reliance Industries Ltd, Reliance Petroleum Ltd.
Career: At the age of 17, Dhirubhai went to Aden (now in Yemen) and worked for 'A Besse and Co Ltd,' the sole distributors of Shell products.
Returned to Mumbai in 1958 and started his first company - Reliance Commercial Corp, a commodity trading and exports house.
Started textile mill in Naroda in Ahmedabad in 1966.
In 1975, a technical team of the World Bank certified that the Reliance textile plant was 'excellent' by developed country standards.
The company went public in 1997.
The group is credited with a number of financial innovations in the Indian capital market.
Today the group has the largest family of shareholders in the world.
With an investment of Rs 360 billion in petroleum refining, petrochemicals, power generation, telecommunication services and a port terminal in a three-year time frame, the late Dhirubhai Ambani had steered the Group to its current status as India's leading textiles-petrochemicals-telecommunications player.
Reliance Group is India's largest business house with total revenues of over Rs 600 billion, cash flow of Rs 70 billion, net profit of Rs 45 billion and exports of Rs 93.70 billion.
With total assets of Rs 550 billion, the group's activities span petrochemicals, synthetic fibres, fibre intermediaries, textiles, oil and gas, financial services, refining and marketing, power, insurance, telecom and infocom initiatives.
Reliance emerged as India's most admired business house in a Taylor Nelson Sofres-Mode (TSN-Mode) survey for 2001 conducted by Business Barons magazine.
Achievements:
Conferred the lifetime achievement award by India HRD Congress in February 2002. Conferred The Economic Times award for corporate excellence for lifetime achievement in August 2001. Thrice rated as 'India's Most Admired CEO' in the Business Barons-Taylor Nelson Sofres-Mode survey in June 2001, 2000 and 1999.
Felicitated by the Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation, the biggest civic body of the country, with a citation and address followed by civic reception in December 2002.
Conferred the 'Man of the Century' award by Chemtech Foundation and chemical engineering world in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the growth and development of the chemical industry in India, in November 2000.
Conferred the 'Indian Entrepreneur of the 20th century' award by FICCI for his meticulous scripting of one of the most remarkable stories of business endeavours, in March 2000.
Thrice nominated as one of the 'Power 50-The Most Powerful People in Asia' by Asia Week magazine in 2000, 1998 and 1996.
Voted as the 'Most Admired Indian of the Millennium' in the field of business and economics' in 'Legends- a celebration of Excellence' poll audited by Ernst and Young for Zee network in January 2000.
Voted as 'Creator of Wealth of the Century' in 'The Times of India' poll in January 2000.
Chosen as one of three 'makers of equity' by 'India Today' in their special millennium issue entitled '100 people who shaped India in the 20th Century' in January 2000.
Chosen by the Indian Merchants Chamber as 'an outstanding visionary of the 20th century' for his achievements and contribution to the development of industry and capital markets in India, in December 1999.
Voted as 'Indian Businessman of the Century' in Business Barons Global Multimedia poll December 1999.
Amongst the 'Power 50- India's 50 most powerful decision maker in politics, business and finance' in Business Barons in August 1999.
Declared 'Most admired Indian business leader' by The Times of India, indiatimes.com poll in July 1999.
The only Indian industrialist in the 'Business Hall of Fame' in Asia Week in October 1998.
Awarded the Dean's medal by the Wharton School, University of Pennslyvania, for setting an outstanding example of leadership, in June 1998.
Chosen as 'Star of Asia' by Business Week, USA in June 1998.
Business Barons placed Ambani on its list of India's 25 Most influential business and financial leaders, in June 1998.
Awarded the Companion Membership of Textile Institute, UK, a membership which is limited to 50 living members, who have substantially advanced the general interests of industries based in fibres, in 1994.
Chosen 'Businessman of the year 1993' by Business India, in January 1994.
Status: Founder and Chairman of Reliance Group
Date of birth: December 28, 1932
Place of Birth: Chorwad village in Saurashtra, Gujarat
Father's name: Hirachand Govardhandas Ambani '
Mother's name: Jamunaben Hirachand Ambani
Marital Status: Married to Kokilaben. Four children -- sons Mukesh and Anil, daughters Dipti Salgaonkar, living in Goa, and Nina Kothari, living in Chennai.
Business Address: Maker Chambers IV, 222, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021
Names of major companies: Reliance Industries Ltd, Reliance Petroleum Ltd Directorships, Chairmanships: Reliance Industries Ltd, Reliance Petroleum Ltd.
Career: At the age of 17, Dhirubhai went to Aden (now in Yemen) and worked for 'A Besse and Co Ltd,' the sole distributors of Shell products.
Returned to Mumbai in 1958 and started his first company - Reliance Commercial Corp, a commodity trading and exports house.
Started textile mill in Naroda in Ahmedabad in 1966.
In 1975, a technical team of the World Bank certified that the Reliance textile plant was 'excellent' by developed country standards.
The company went public in 1997.
The group is credited with a number of financial innovations in the Indian capital market.
Today the group has the largest family of shareholders in the world.
With an investment of Rs 360 billion in petroleum refining, petrochemicals, power generation, telecommunication services and a port terminal in a three-year time frame, the late Dhirubhai Ambani had steered the Group to its current status as India's leading textiles-petrochemicals-telecommunications player.
Reliance Group is India's largest business house with total revenues of over Rs 600 billion, cash flow of Rs 70 billion, net profit of Rs 45 billion and exports of Rs 93.70 billion.
With total assets of Rs 550 billion, the group's activities span petrochemicals, synthetic fibres, fibre intermediaries, textiles, oil and gas, financial services, refining and marketing, power, insurance, telecom and infocom initiatives.
Reliance emerged as India's most admired business house in a Taylor Nelson Sofres-Mode (TSN-Mode) survey for 2001 conducted by Business Barons magazine.
Achievements:
Conferred the lifetime achievement award by India HRD Congress in February 2002. Conferred The Economic Times award for corporate excellence for lifetime achievement in August 2001. Thrice rated as 'India's Most Admired CEO' in the Business Barons-Taylor Nelson Sofres-Mode survey in June 2001, 2000 and 1999.
Felicitated by the Brihamumbai Municipal Corporation, the biggest civic body of the country, with a citation and address followed by civic reception in December 2002.
Conferred the 'Man of the Century' award by Chemtech Foundation and chemical engineering world in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the growth and development of the chemical industry in India, in November 2000.
Conferred the 'Indian Entrepreneur of the 20th century' award by FICCI for his meticulous scripting of one of the most remarkable stories of business endeavours, in March 2000.
Thrice nominated as one of the 'Power 50-The Most Powerful People in Asia' by Asia Week magazine in 2000, 1998 and 1996.
Voted as the 'Most Admired Indian of the Millennium' in the field of business and economics' in 'Legends- a celebration of Excellence' poll audited by Ernst and Young for Zee network in January 2000.
Voted as 'Creator of Wealth of the Century' in 'The Times of India' poll in January 2000.
Chosen as one of three 'makers of equity' by 'India Today' in their special millennium issue entitled '100 people who shaped India in the 20th Century' in January 2000.
Chosen by the Indian Merchants Chamber as 'an outstanding visionary of the 20th century' for his achievements and contribution to the development of industry and capital markets in India, in December 1999.
Voted as 'Indian Businessman of the Century' in Business Barons Global Multimedia poll December 1999.
Amongst the 'Power 50- India's 50 most powerful decision maker in politics, business and finance' in Business Barons in August 1999.
Declared 'Most admired Indian business leader' by The Times of India, indiatimes.com poll in July 1999.
The only Indian industrialist in the 'Business Hall of Fame' in Asia Week in October 1998.
Awarded the Dean's medal by the Wharton School, University of Pennslyvania, for setting an outstanding example of leadership, in June 1998.
Chosen as 'Star of Asia' by Business Week, USA in June 1998.
Business Barons placed Ambani on its list of India's 25 Most influential business and financial leaders, in June 1998.
Awarded the Companion Membership of Textile Institute, UK, a membership which is limited to 50 living members, who have substantially advanced the general interests of industries based in fibres, in 1994.
Chosen 'Businessman of the year 1993' by Business India, in January 1994.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Keep renewing yourself
This prepares you to anticipate change and be ready for it when it comes. Constantly ask yourself what new skills and competencies will be needed. Begin working on them before it becomes necessary and you will have a natural advantage. The greatest benefit of your education lies not only in what you have learnt, but in working how to learn. Formal education is the beginning of the journey of learning. Yet I do meet youngsters who feel that they have already learnt all there is to learn. You have to constantly learn about people and how to interact effectively with them. In the world of tomorrow, only those individuals and organizations will succeed who have
mastered the art of rapid and on-going learning.
mastered the art of rapid and on-going learning.
Do not allow routines to become chains
For many of us the routine. We have got accustomed to obstructs change. Routines represent our own zones of comfort. There is a sense of predictability about them. They have structured our time and even our thought in a certain way. While routines are useful, do not let them enslave you. Deliberately break out of them from time to time.
Always look at the opportunities that change represents
Managing change has a lot to go with our own attitude towards it. It is proverbial half-full or half empty glass approach. For every problem that change represents, there is an opportunity lurking in disguise somewhere. It is up to you to spot it before someone else does.
Anticipate change even when things are going right
Dear Readers,
when i am surfing in Internet i found some good words given by Azim Premji, This is the one i fund really interesting.... so thought of sharing with you people.... N joy these
Most people wait for something to go wrong before they think of change. It is like going to the doctor for a check up only when you are seriously sick or thinking of maintaining your vehicle only when it breaks down. The biggest enemy of future success is past success. When you succeed, you feel that you must be doing something right for it to happen. But when the parameters for success change, doing the same things may or may not continue to lead to success. Guard against complacency all the time. Complacency makes you blind to the early signals from the environment
that something is going wrong.
when i am surfing in Internet i found some good words given by Azim Premji, This is the one i fund really interesting.... so thought of sharing with you people.... N joy these
Most people wait for something to go wrong before they think of change. It is like going to the doctor for a check up only when you are seriously sick or thinking of maintaining your vehicle only when it breaks down. The biggest enemy of future success is past success. When you succeed, you feel that you must be doing something right for it to happen. But when the parameters for success change, doing the same things may or may not continue to lead to success. Guard against complacency all the time. Complacency makes you blind to the early signals from the environment
that something is going wrong.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Secrets of Success and the Pillars of Self-Mastery
Dear readers,
To day i thought of writing down the this which i feel they are Secrets of Success and the Pillars of Self-Mastery for every one these things i am getting through my friends. i will daily update you with new post in this category as parts. please give your comments, iam very glad to c your views about these things, Thanks in advance.
Throughout the day we all get inspiration and excellent ideas. Keep a set of cards (the size of business cards; available at most stationary stores) in your wallet along with a pencil to jot down these insights. When you get home, put the ideas in a central place such as a coil notepad and review them from time to time. As noted by Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."
Always remember the key principle that the quality of your life is the quality of your communication. This means the way you communicate with others and, more importantly, the way you communicate with yourself. What you focus on is what you get. If you look for the positive this is what you get. This is a fundamental law of Nature.
Light a candle beside you when you are reading in the evening. It is most relaxing and creates a wonderful, soothing atmosphere. Make your home an oasis from the frenzied world outside. Fill it with great music, great books and great friends.
To day i thought of writing down the this which i feel they are Secrets of Success and the Pillars of Self-Mastery for every one these things i am getting through my friends. i will daily update you with new post in this category as parts. please give your comments, iam very glad to c your views about these things, Thanks in advance.
Throughout the day we all get inspiration and excellent ideas. Keep a set of cards (the size of business cards; available at most stationary stores) in your wallet along with a pencil to jot down these insights. When you get home, put the ideas in a central place such as a coil notepad and review them from time to time. As noted by Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."
Always remember the key principle that the quality of your life is the quality of your communication. This means the way you communicate with others and, more importantly, the way you communicate with yourself. What you focus on is what you get. If you look for the positive this is what you get. This is a fundamental law of Nature.
Light a candle beside you when you are reading in the evening. It is most relaxing and creates a wonderful, soothing atmosphere. Make your home an oasis from the frenzied world outside. Fill it with great music, great books and great friends.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Sleep less.....!!!!!
Dear readers,
I got to know few things form one of my friend, they are really very inspiring words, i would like to share few gud words with you. First one which gave me the good results is :
"Sleep less. This is one of the best investments you can make to make your life more productive and rewarding. Most people do not need more than 6 hours to maintain an excellent state of health. Try getting up one hour earlier for 21 days and it will develop into a powerful habit. Remember, it is the quality not the quantity of sleep that is important. And just imagine having an extra 30 hours a month to spend on the things that are important to you."
I got to know few things form one of my friend, they are really very inspiring words, i would like to share few gud words with you. First one which gave me the good results is :
"Sleep less. This is one of the best investments you can make to make your life more productive and rewarding. Most people do not need more than 6 hours to maintain an excellent state of health. Try getting up one hour earlier for 21 days and it will develop into a powerful habit. Remember, it is the quality not the quantity of sleep that is important. And just imagine having an extra 30 hours a month to spend on the things that are important to you."
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